Checkrein.



No. 652,l6| Patented June I9, 1900.

w BERRY CHECKREIN. (Application filed Apr. 21, 1897.)

(No Model.)

WITNESSES.-

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UNITED STATES PATENT @mucn.

WILLIAM BERRY, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGN OR OF ONE-HALF T O HENRYV. H. SNYDER, OF SAME PLACE.

CHECKREIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 652,161, dated June19, 1900. Application filed April 21, 1897. Serial No. 633,147. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, WVILLIAM BERRY, of the city of Paterson, county ofPassaic, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Safety Check-Loops, of which the following is aspecification.

One object of my invention is to provide a safety loop for check reinswhich may be readily adjusted on and removed from the check -hook andwhich cannot become detached therefrom by the motion or tossing of ahorses head.

A further object is to provide a safety check-loop which will be simple,durable, and cheap.

While my invention relates particularly to a loop for checkreins, theprinciple may be applied to various other portions of harness and toloops engaged by other hooks.

The invention consists of a leather loop and a rubber plug confined inthe loop and arranged to bear on a hook engaged with the loop. Therubber plug may partially or wholly surround the hook which engages theloop.

While one of the objects of my invention is to avoid the use of anymetal or any other non-yielding substance in the construction of a loop,the equivalent of the rubber plug may be used in a leather loop withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a portion of a saddle and a hook engaged with mysafety-loop. Fig. 2 is a top view of a portion of a check-rein, showingmy safety-loop. Figs. 3 and 4 are a top View and side view,respectively, of one form of rubber plug. Fig. 5 is another form ofrubber plug; and Fig. 6 is another style of rein, showing mysafety-loop.

In my safety-loop I propose to use a rubber plug, such as is shown inFigs. 3 and 5 or any other suitable modification thereof withoutdeparting from the character of a plug.

In the drawings, A represents a rubber plug; B, a leather loop; 0, ahook, and D a portion of a saddle. The driving-reins pass through therings E, and F represents one style of a checkrein, and F representsanother style of checkrein.

The rubber plugAis inserted, confined, and secured in any suitablemanner in the leather loop which is engaged with the hook. A in Fig. 5is a rubber plug to surround the hook.

With this description of my invention, what I claim is- I I A checkreincomprising in its construction a strap of a flexible material bent uponitself to form a loop, in combination with a block of rubber fitted andsecured in place in the angle of said loop, and partially filling saidloop, whereby said loop and yielding block are adapted to embrace theentire circumference of a suitable hook to prevent accidentaldisengagement therefrom. Y

WILLIAM BERRY.

Witnesses:

JOHN F. KERR, W'M. M. DREW.

